There’s a good reason why so many parents are beginning to keep their baby’s name to themselves until after their baby is born…
With so many people keen to put in their two cents, it can be a lot easier to just keep it to yourself to avoid the judgement.
One woman in particular was deeply offended when her friend claimed her baby’s name was far too ‘common’.
The pregnant woman’s friend has since posted to Mumsnet, asking other mothers if it was wrong to tell her friend what she really thought of her baby’s name.
“My friend is expecting her first baby later this year,” the woman wrote.
“As I’m massively interested in baby names, I asked her if she had anything in mind,” she continued.
“She said she wanted something unique and is planning on using Aurora. I said that Aurora is a gorgeous name, but has risen in popularity over the last few years and is now in the top hundred.”
The woman added that her friend got pretty annoyed by her comment, so she decided to change the subject.
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Top Comments
Since the author was talking to a friend about finding unique names, I can't see the problem mentioning it as a friend.
Something similar might be if a friend of mine said they over-heard a unique name they really liked on the radio and without more knowledge decided to name their kid Stormy-Daniels or some such thing.
Surely I would be remiss not to mention that it may not be the name they are looking for?
Yesterday I sent a comment which appeared but now it is not there. Why is this so? No point in spending time on comments when they are "disappeared". I said that the name "Jordan" came to me when I was 6 months pregnant in 1974; I had never heard the name but opened a bank account in the name of Jordan Anthony N. Learned later that the singer Helen Reddy named her son Jordan and nowadays it is more used and also for girls.